TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leopold,Les
TI  - The looting of America: how Wall Street's game of fantasy finance destroyed our jobs, pensions, and prosperity, and what we can do about it 
SN  - 9781603582056 (pbk.)
AV  - HG181 .L42 2009
U1  - 330.973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - White River Junction, Vt.
PB  - Chelsea Green Pub.
KW  - Finance
KW  - United States
KW  - Financial crises
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 2001-2009
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index; The hooking of Whitefish Bay -- The iron law of fantasy finance -- Is there a dime's bit of difference between Wall Street's "innovation" and gambling? -- Learning and unlearning the lessons of the Great Depression -- The oracle blesses derivatives, the newest game in the casino -- Getting the story backwards -- Financial weapons of mass destruction -- Fantasy finance meets reality: the great crash of 2008 -- The end of fantasy finance? -- Proposals Wall Street won't like -- Proposals Wall Street really won't like
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2009014181-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2009014181-d.html
ER  -